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Man tells Magistrate he uses ganja for personal reason
Kevin George at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court
Kaieteur News – A 30-year-old vendor told Chief Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus on Tuesday that he uses ganja for personal reasons when appeared before her on a charge of possession of narcotics.
The Daly Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown man, Kevin George pleaded guilty to the charge. The court heard that George on Friday, May 31, 2024 at about 22:00h, was stopped by police from the Brickdam Police Station at Stabroek, Georgetown. He was then searched and ranks found on him 11 grams of cannabis.
The allegation was told to him by the police and the man admitted to being in possession of the cannabis. He was taken into custody and appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court #1 on Tuesday to answer to the charge. He was represented by Attorney-at-Law, Stacy Goodings.
The man was fined $30,000 and is to report to the Brickdam Police Station for Community Service weekly. George is scheduled to return to court on September 13, 2024.
- Brickdam Police, Chief Magistrate Sherdel Issacs-Marcus, Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, possession of narcotics, vendor
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